Exemplary Engagement

New Hampshire Lakes Lay Monitoring Program (NH LLMP) is a volunteer water quality monitoring program that has been used as a model to create and improve similar programs in 35 states and 12 countries. Read more

Oregon Open Campus (OOC): Making the Connection serves as a convener of community partners who address educational needs unique to individual Oregon communities. Read more

Working Together to Transform Lives through Pharmacist Collaborative Care and Outreach in the Community (PCOC) initiatives focus on underserved populations, including the uninsured, older adults, homeless individuals, and those living in rural areas. Read more

Purdue Kenya Program's (PKP) mission is to build sustainable access to high quality care for nearly 3.5 million people in the AMPATH catchment area while fostering development of globally engaged students. This partnership includes Kenyan patients and pharmacists as well as AMPATH and Purdue University. Read more

Nuestra Casa ("Our House") is an interactive advocacy, communication and social mobilization tool, sharing stories of challenge and hope from people living with tuberculosis (TB), a major global health threat that takes a particular toll on impoverished communities. Read more

The Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program engages students and faculty across Penn State in the rigorous research, design, field-testing, and launch of technology-based social enterprises. Read more

McCall Outdoor School (MOSS) embodies the University of Idaho's (UI) land-grant mission of "teaching, research, outreach, and engagement in a collaborative environment." Read more

The Young Scholars Program (YSP) enhances the academic, personal, and career development skills of students from low-income families to prepare them for college success. Read more

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) focuses on field research, CEFS' work expanded into community engagement. • Read more

University Crowdsourcing, Climate Change and Student Science: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) engages over 15,000 volunteers nationwide who help measure and map precipitation. • Read more

Over-the-Rhine Residency Program engages Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati's oldest and poorest neighborhood, predominantly of color, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the site of racial unrest just eleven years ago. • Read more

From Bozeman to Khwisero: Engineers Without Borders

The Montana State University Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a student-initiated and largely student-managed partnership between Montana State University students and faculty; the Bozeman, MT community; and the people of Khwisero District of Western Province, Kenya. • Read more

Ready for the World is part of a long-range plan at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) to transform the campus culture and prepare students for the 21st century. • Read more

Working Together to Improve the Lives of People Affected by Epilepsy in Zambia

Epilepsy is a neurologic disorder resulting in recurrent, unprovoked siezures. The biomedical burden can be substantial, but for many • Read more

Regenerative Design in Stressed Communities

For three years, landscape architecture Professor Ken Tamminga of Penn State University has made stressed Pittsburgh neighborhoods the platform for the Pittsburgh Studio, a fourth/fifth-year design studio. Read more

Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center meets the urgent needs of a community with significant poverty, crime, and health disparities, East Carolina University works in partnership with the City, Pitt Community College, and community organizations to administer the Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center (IGCC) programs. • Read more